Lest We
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Mrs Jannet
Wieske

Mother's day is just around the corner and today I want to sharewith you 10 beautiful DIY gift idea's for the

Godzgear blog archives!

Each of these ideas comes with a tutorialon how you can make them. Mother's day is a special day because it is a set side time to praise God for His wonderful plan of family and especially the role He created Mother's to play. Let's use Mother's day to thank our merciful God and Saviour for our Mother and try and bless her on this day called Mother's Day.

Dear Friends, here is part two of our blog series featuring different ideas and ways that we as Stay-at-home daughters can use our skills, abilities, creativity, time and God given gifts to be an asset and blessing through serving like Christ to our families. To see the first blog post in this series you can find it Here..

We, Sabrina and myself, (Anita) pray you are both encouraged and blessed by this post.

Ironing

Ironing is something that I didn’t really go out of my
way to learn until I was in my late teens, partially because we take pains to
hang and fold our washing as to reduce the amount of clothing that we have to
iron. However, over the years we have started to wear a few more clothes that
require ironing to look their best and we have more of an ironing pile. My
wonderful mother lovingly taught me the basics of the ironing and, since that
time, it has become a time consuming task that I can help my family with if I
have some down time.

Flower Arranging

Flower arranging is a lovely way to beautify your home
and bring the beauty of outside inside. A flower arrangement does not have to
be complicated to be beautiful, even a simple collection of garden flowers can
be a lovely addition to the atmosphere of a room. Some of the skills of
floristry can be learnt through books and classes, but much can be learnt
through just practice and experimenting.

Rag rugs

This a hobby that I picked up when I was looking for a
way to use up the excess rags that we had around the house. Little did I know
that I had found a creative, useful and fun hobby. Not only does this hobby use
up what would otherwise be wasted, but it also provides useful and attractive
accessories for our home, as well as lovely gifts.

Events
planning

Life is pretty busy in a family and especially for a mother and
wife and sometimes she doesn’t have all the time she would like to perhaps plan
a birthday party, Father’s day picnic, Sister bridal shower ect. Daughters can
be a big help in the planning of events and activities for the family. They
also usually have lots of energy and ideas to bring to the table.

Organisation

There is nothing quite like having a
house well organised for time saving and well, just making house work and house
life easier. Having an organised pantry, linen cupboard, laundry ect. Can be
such a great time saver, you don’t need to search for matching container lids,
wonder where all the clean towels are or try and find where the pink wrapping
paper is hidden. Yes having cupboards and bits and bobs organised is a great
idea, however organising them and keeping them organised does take time,
creativity and effort. Daughter can be such an asset in this area. I for one do
a lots of the bits and bobs organising in our home and know that this is a
great blessing to my mother. One way that daughters can use organising to be a blessing is to tidy up that messy gift wrapping pile. This is one area of the house that is highly prone to getting untidy. You can get some inspiration from our gift wrap organising post here...

We hope that you have enjoyed this post and look forward to seeing you next week!

Written by Anita & Sabrina

P.S. If you didn't catch part one of this series, you can find it here.

As stay at home daughters, Sabrina and myself would like to share with you a series of blog posts on ways we as daughters can bless our families. This weeks post is the first five points or ways we can use our energy, time, gifts and creativity to serve our Lord through serving our family! I pray you are both encouraged and blessed by these posts....

Cleaning

Cleaning is one of those tasks that always needs doing. There
seems to be a never ending supply of items, places or things that need to be
cleaned. Daughter’s can be such a big blessing in their home by lending their
hands to serve by cleaning, whether it is dishes, that bathroom, the car, windows,
washing, and the list goes on. I know it may seem a chore that goes mostly
unnoticed but God see’s and knows the heart.

Proofread Books

This is one area that I, Sabrina, have a lot to do with. When I was
young, my mother used to try and proofread the books that she gave me to read
so that I would be protected from reading inappropriate or unsuitable content, a job that I am very thankful she did. As I became older, I started to take on the task of
selecting my reading options myself and, through my mother’s guidance, became
quite adept at being able to quickly discern the quality of a books content and
notice the subtle lies that can be picked up subconsciously by the reader if they
are not careful. Because I know how to do this, because I generally have more
free time than my mother and because I love to read, I am now able to serve my
mother and our whole family by researching and proofreading the books that come
into the house and checking to make sure that they are appropriate to add to our
collection. P. S. You can also proofread books you might want to put away in your hope chest for your own family one day....

Gardening/Maintenance

I know gardening and maintenance are usually seen as jobs for the
men of the house yet I believe there are some really great ways women, mothers
and especially daughters can be a blessing in this area. I for one have a very
busy father and brother and they don’t always have the time to do the little
bits of maintenance around the place that need doing. I however have more time
on my hands and with their consent and instruction, (along with my mothers too)
I can perhaps repaint the garden fence, plant the seedlings in the veggie
garden, water the garden, pull weeds, mow the lawn and the list of items can go
on and on.

Laundry

The task of doing the laundry does not fall to anyone
outright in our family, although Mum ultimately makes sure that it gets done
every week. Anita and I often will put a load on if we see that the laundry is
piling up and, as hanging up the washing is one of our favourite household
tasks, we can often be seen hanging up, taking down or folding and sorting the
laundry, all ready and clean to be worn by the family.

Decorating cakes

Decorating cakes is a hobby that I personally find very
enjoyable. I love it when there is a birthday coming up and I can try my hand
at a new cake design. While my designs are probably a bit fancier than you
would normally find at a birthday and my Mum could whipped up a special cake
just as easily, by me making the cake for her, there’s
one less thing for her to take care of when the birthday arrives.

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Hi, we are two young ladies seeking to serve the Lord through all we do. We both love to create, whether it's sewing, D.I.Y or cooking. We hope that through our tutorials, articles & posts you are blessed in some way.